Chicken vaccine firm to employ 26,000
Aug 29, 2011
A locally-produced Newcastle vaccine for chicken has been launched, with its distribution and application expected to create over 26,000 jobs for the youth in villages across the country.
By FRANCIS KAGOLO
A locally-produced Newcastle vaccine for chicken has been launched, with its distribution and application expected to create over 26,000 jobs for the youth in villages across the country.
Produced by Brentec, a private company nurtured under the Government’s industrial research institute (UIRI), the vaccine, codenamed Kukustar, is the first to be manufactured locally.
Launching the vaccine at the UIRI offices in Kyambogo on Saturday, President Yoweri Museveni described it as a “wonderful invention†that would boost farmers’ profitability and accelerate rural development.
“We have been spending a lot of money to import expensive (Newcastle) vaccines. This will emancipate the farmers from dependence on imported vaccines,†Museveni said moments after vaccinating a hen to launch the vaccine.
Arguing that industrialisation was pivotal in boosting economic development, the President commended the innovation and warned government officials against sabotaging industrialists.
“I see people saying we need to focus only on agriculture! Agriculture is important to provide raw materials for industries. But industrialisation is equally important to improve agriculture through the manufacture of things like vaccines,†the President said.
“We must find a way of boosting industrialisation in order to develop.â€
Museveni instructed trade minister Amelia Kyambadde to ensure that her ministry recruited people who understood the importance of industrialisation. He also asked all government bodies to give priority to industrialists.
He warned permanent secretaries to stop “swinging in chairs and tossing these experts around because they (industrialists) are the future of this country.â€
A locally-produced Newcastle vaccine for chicken has been launched, with its distribution and application expected to create over 26,000 jobs for the youth in villages across the country.
Produced by Brentec, a private company nurtured under the Government’s industrial research institute (UIRI), the vaccine, codenamed Kukustar, is the first to be manufactured locally.
Launching the vaccine at the UIRI offices in Kyambogo on Saturday, President Yoweri Museveni described it as a “wonderful invention†that would boost farmers’ profitability and accelerate rural development.
“We have been spending a lot of money to import expensive (Newcastle) vaccines. This will emancipate the farmers from dependence on imported vaccines,†Museveni said moments after vaccinating a hen to launch the vaccine.
Arguing that industrialisation was pivotal in boosting economic development, the President commended the innovation and warned government officials against sabotaging industrialists.
“I see people saying we need to focus only on agriculture! Agriculture is important to provide raw materials for industries. But industrialisation is equally important to improve agriculture through the manufacture of things like vaccines,†the President said.
“We must find a way of boosting industrialisation in order to develop.â€
Museveni instructed trade minister Amelia Kyambadde to ensure that her ministry recruited people who understood the importance of industrialisation. He also asked all government bodies to give priority to industrialists.
He warned permanent secretaries to stop “swinging in chairs and tossing these experts around because they (industrialists) are the future of this country.â€